Stud or button.



E. L. ANDERSON. STUD ORBUTTON.

APPLIOATION FILED 11.11, 1909.

928,622. A Patented July 20,1909.

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EDWARD L. ANDERSON, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

STUD OR BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1909.

Application filed January 11, 1909. Serial No. 471,680.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Studs orButtons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in studs or buttons andmore particularly to an improvement in that form of a stud or buttonhaving an L-shaped hollow post in the arm of which is a cross pinslidably secured in the arm and adapted to form a T-shaped end on thepost, when the pin is in the closed position.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of a stud orbutton having an l -shaped hollow post, a pin slidably secured in thearm of the post and a Whip spring in the post bearing on the pin,whereby the pin is held in the open or closed position under springtension, the stud or button constructed without solder and theconstruction simplified, thereby reducing the cost of manufacturing thestud or button,

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a studor button having a head, an L-shaped hollow post, a pin slidably securedin the arm of the post, a whip spring in the post bearing on the pin,and details of construction as will be more fully set forth hereinafterand claimed.

Figure l is a side View of my improved stud, showing the pin in the openposition in full lines and in the closed position in broken lines. Fig.2 is a back View of the stud with the pin in the closed position. Fig. 3is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2,of the stud. Fig. 4 is a still further enlarged transverse sectionalView taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3 through the pin. Fig. 5 is an enlargedtransverse sectional view similar to Fig. 4 taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 8through the arm, pin and spring of the stud.

In the drawings, a indicates the hollow L-shaped post, I) the headof thepost, 0 the cap forming the head of the stud, d the pin, and c the whipspring of my improved stud or button. The hollow-L-shaped post a isconstructed of a predetermined length of tubular wire bent at rightangles to form the hollow arm 7 having the contracted end 8 in which isthe off-center hole 9 for the pin 03 and the oppositely-disposedoff-center hole 10 in the bend of the post and in alinement with thehole 9 for the pin cl, as shown in Fig. 3. The head Z) is in the form ofa circular disk having a central hole 11 for the post a which is securedto the head by riveting the end of the post to the head through the holein the head, as shown in Fig. 3. The cap 0 is secured to the head 6 byrolling the edge of the cap over the edge of the head, as shown in Fig.3, and forms the head of the stud. The pin d is in the form of a roundwire having the pointed cone-shaped end 12 and the up-set end 13. Thepin 03 has a sliding fit through the holes 9 and 10 which are off-centertoward the outer face of the arm 7, as shown in Figs. 8, 4 and 5. Thewhip spring 6 is held in the post a in a position for its free end toextend into the arm 7 and secured in position between the inner bend ofthe post and the metal forming the edge of the hole 10, by reason of thepressure of the metal forming the edge of the hole 10 upon it, as shownin Fig. 3.

The pin cl is inserted through the holes 9 and 10 in the arm 7 and theup-set end 13 formed on the same, thereby preventing the removal of thepin. The free end of the whip spring 6 in the arm 7 now bears on the pin(Z, as shown in Fig. 3, with sufficient force or friction to hold thepin in cit-her the closed or open position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent In a stud or button, the combination with a hollowpost bent at right angles to form a hollow arm having off-center holesin its ends, a head secured to the post, of a round wire having apointed cone-shaped end and an up-set end, and having a sliding fitthrough the off-center holes in the arm, and a whip spring held in thepost in a position for the free end of the spring to extend into the armand bear on the round wire.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD L. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J.A. MILLER.

